Metka Krašovec

Country:

Slovenia

About artist / group:

METKA KRAŠOVEC, painter was born on 7th
October 1941 in Ljubljana. She graduated from the
Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts in 1964 and completed
her post-graduate studies in painting in 1966 under
Prof. Gabrijel Stupica. In l966 and 1967 she specialised
in graphic art at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA,
and obtained a master’s degree in graphic art under
Prof. Riko Debenjak in 1970. In 1974-75 she specialised
in graphic art at the Royal College of Art in London. In
1977 she was elected assistant professor for painting
and drawing and began teaching at the Ljubljana
Academy of Fine Arts where she became full professor
in 1991. In 2015 she was elected associate member
of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. From
1968 when she had her first solo exhibition to today
she’s had 105 solo exhibitions. In 2012 she held a
retrospective exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art
in Ljubljana. She has participated in over 340 group
exhibitions at home and abroad. Among others, she
received the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1973 and
the Jakopič Award in 1983.